Reportman Add / Insert objects

For your convenience, the properties of the objects as at the back of this book.

1.Objects – The following most commonly used objects are added to a section of the report structure:

a)TRpImage – This is used to display your company logo on the reports and document layout files. The Company Logo dataset is COMPANYINFO.LOGO (or COMPANYDATA.LOGO). The logo is stored in the database as a BLOB (Binary Large Object) and will be displayed if loaded in Company info - Options screen (Action ribbon).

b)TRpShape – Inserts a shape (i.e. rectangle, square, rounded rectangle, rounded square, ellipse, circle, horizontal line, vertical line, oblique 1 and oblique 2). These may be configured (formatted) using Pen Style, Pen Color, Pen Width, Brush Style and Brush Color. In most of the document layout files (excluding the Plain range), the rounded retangle shape with a clear brush, is used to group blocks of data.

d)TRpExpression – This will add an expression object to the report. If you click on the Data tab (on the left pane), Select a dataset (e.g. COMPANYINFO) and the datafield (e.g. COMPANYINFO.COMANYNAME) and simply drag it to the section of the report where you need to display it.